#4A2C97#4A2C97

#4A2C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.164 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2C97
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 151)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 70.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.09, 40.43, -53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.09, 67.37, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(39.78% 0.0552 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(39.78% 0.164 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.3090, 5.4912, 29.8416)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2C97 #79972C

analogous

#2C4497 #4A2C97 #7F2C97

triadic

#4A2C97 #974A2C #2C974A

tetradic

#4A2C97 #972C44 #79972C #2C977F

square

#4A2C97 #972C44 #79972C #2C977F

split-complementary

#4A2C97 #977F2C #44972C

monochromatic

#1C1038 #331E68 #4A2C97 #623AC6 #876AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#4A2C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4A2C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2C97

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2C97	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.164 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468b6',
    500: '#4a2c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2c97;
$custom-light: #8468b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.822,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3978,
    "c": 0.16422,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2C97

secondary

#A2BA65

accent

#DE4AB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2C97

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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